plastic pipe for hot water
Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride is similar to PVC (see below) except that it can be used in hot water applications up to 210° f.
You have seen PVC pipe. We all know it, it's white, tubular, cuts with a hack saw and glues together with this crap that smells like model glue. Well, that stuff doesn't conduct " DANG HOT" water very well. So they came up with this modified PVC called C-PVC and it's just about the same except it's got a vanilla color. It carries DANG HOT water just fine. But you have to use a modified cement for it.
Critical Pigment Volume Concentration. That level of pigmentation, PVC value in the dry paint, where just enough binder is present to fill the voids between the pigment particles.
A type of pipe, typically used for water supply or plumbing, made of a white, water-insoluble thermoplastic resin.
Acronym for Post-Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride. A combustible thermoplastic resin used in the manufacture of certain nonmetallic pipes used primarily of sprinkler applications.
Rigid plastic pipe used in water supply systems where code permits.
A type of white plastic pipe sometimes used for water supply lines.
cellular polyvinyl chloride. A composite material more rot resistant than wood.
Chlorinated PolyVinyl Chloride is a plastic product designed for drinking water at temperatures up to 180 degrees (where code permits). Comes in straight or rolls, generally off white colored (orange for fire sprinklers). .
Chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride)
